Violet Baudelaire is the eldest of the three Baudelaire orphans and one of the main protagonists of A Series of Unfortunate Events. She is the daughter of Beatrice and Bertrand Baudelaire as well as the elder sister of Klaus Baudelaire and Sunny Baudelaire. Like her siblings, Violet is intelligent, charming, innovatory, kind-hearted, resourceful and polite, but is most well-known for being an incredibly talented inventor. Lamentably, Violet is extremely unfortunate, a phrase which here means ‘having a continuous streak of bad luck.’
Violet is fourteen years old at the beginning of the series, turns fifteen in The Grim Grotto, and is sixteen upon leaving the Island during Chapter Fourteen. She would inherit the Baudelaire fortune upon her coming of age at eighteen. Despite his best research, Lemony Snicket does not know what happened to Violet or her siblings after the events of The End.
Background Information
Violet is an intelligent inventor whose wit and skills have saved her and her siblings countless times from death. She has a habit of tying her hair back with a ribbon when concentrating to keep it out of her eyes. Violet is possibly the greatest inventor of her time. Before the demise of her parents, she liked to visit the Verne Invention Museum and its many exhibits, including one of the mechanical demonstrations that inspired her to be an inventor when she was just two years old. When Violet was five years old, she won her first invention contest with an automatic rolling pin, which she made using a window shade and six pairs of roller skates.
Though she is incredibly bright and intelligent, many things modern 14-15 year olds would know are unfamiliar to Violet, mostly because the series is set in an era in which access to information is more limited than it is today. After her parents’ deaths, Violet was forced to take charge. Though she often collaborates with Klaus, she always feels the weight of being the oldest sibling.
Personality
Violet has a backbone, and can be stern and/or exhibit an attitude at times, especially when angered. While Klaus is brasher with his actions, Violet works in secret or tries to manipulate a situation to her advantage. Violet is stereotypically unfeminine in some ways, though not completely. She is a poor cook and mentions she can only make toast – sometimes, she even burns it in the attempt. Despite her dislike of the color pink, Violet is frequently illustrated with pink hair ribbons, and she often wears pink outfits in the Netflix adaptation.
Biography
Beatrice Baudelaire was pregnant with Violet when she and her husband Bertrand were banished from The Island; Violet was born soon after they arrived on the mainland. She and her younger brother, Klaus, were raised in a luxurious mansion located in the city. Violet barely remembers some V.F.D. phrases, implying that her parents may have had contact with the organization that was cut off when she was a little girl.
The Bad Beginning
Violet was at Briny Beach with her younger siblings, thinking of how to construct a device that could retrieve skipping rocks when Mr. Poe approaches them in the mist; before she recognizes him, she considers throwing a rock at the mysterious figure in the fog. Poe regretfully informs them that their parents have perished in a terrible fire that burned their mansion to the ground. Violet assumed Poe was kidding at first, but once the news sank in, she drops the rock and takes Klaus’s hand as they follow Mr. Poe.
FAQs
1. What is Violet Baudelaire known for?
Violet Baudelaire is known for being an incredibly talented inventor, intelligent, charming, innovatory, kind-hearted, resourceful, and polite.
2. How old is Violet Baudelaire at the beginning of the series?
Violet is fourteen years old at the beginning of the series, turns fifteen in The Grim Grotto, and is sixteen upon leaving the Island during Chapter Fourteen.
3. What happened to Violet and her siblings after the events of The End?
Lemony Snicket does not know what happened to Violet or her siblings after the events of The End.
4. What is Violet’s personality like?
Violet has a backbone, and can be stern and/or exhibit an attitude at times, especially when angered. While Klaus is brasher with his actions, Violet works in secret or tries to manipulate a situation to her advantage.
5. What is Violet Baudelaire’s background?
Beatrice Baudelaire was pregnant with Violet when she and her husband Bertrand were banished from The Island; Violet was born soon after they arrived on the mainland. She and her younger brother, Klaus, were raised in a luxurious mansion located in the city.